when Canary people have fiestas
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when Canary people have fiestas
| Festivals go from those which are during the weekend to
the national and local ones.  It is always possible to find a fiesta in a village far from the tourism and from the city. Reasons are many, for example, because in this date, long time ago, an important woman had a baby, or a fireman broke his fingers or a heavy rain makes impossible to work on the plantation, or because a Wednesday 100 years ago, fishes didn't bite, or because a major unfaithfuled to her wife, or, or, or... And toguether with these celebrations are also the religious one such as The Three Wise Men, etc.... |
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"An experience which tourists and people living here really love"
Summarize of famous festivals
Dates are possible to be changed.
| January | 05. | Los Reyes Magos (the Three Wise Men) | Las Palmas and Spain |
| Januar | 20. | St Sebastian | Agüímes, Arucas, Galdar, Guia |
| Februar | 07. | Festival of almond tree in bloom | Tejeda, Valsequillo |
| Februar | 19. | Festival of cheese | Montaña Alta (Sta. Maria de Guia) |
| Februar | xx. | Carnival | Carnival is celebrated during all this month and part of the next one in all around the island. You mustn't missed it |
| March | 19. | Festivity of St Joseph | St. Bartolomé de
Tirajana religious festivity with procession |
| April | xx. | Easter Week | In all the country |
| April | 29. | Festivity of St Marcus Evangelist | Ingenio |
| May | xx. | Corpus /Sand and petal carpets. | Las Palmas, Arucas,
Teror, Agaete .. Beautiful petal carpets decorate streets |
| Mai | 30. | Festivity of Canary region | All the islands Celebration of the Canary autonomy of Spanish state. |
| Juni | 01. | Festivity of St Anthony of Padua | Mogan, St. Brigida .. etc. with lots of flowers |
| Juni | 24. | Saint John | L.P., Telde, Arucas,
Valsequillo .. People make blazes and then burn whishes which have been written |
| Juli | 16. | Festivity of the Virgin Carmen | Moya, Galdar, San
Nicolas, Mogan, Las Palmas, Arguineguin .. Patrone Virgin of sea and fisher people |
| Juli | 23. | Festivity of Santa Brigida | St. Brigida .. |
| Juli | 25. | Peregrination villages | San Bartolomé (Tunte) und Galdar .. |
| Juli | xx. | Fiesta | San Bartolomé .. |
| August | 04. | Fest der Zweige | Agaete .. This is a aborigen tradition which still exist. |
| September | 08. | Festivity of Gran Canaria (Virgen del Pino) | all villages, mainly,
Teror .. Festivity of the patrone santa of Gran Canaria |
| September | 10. | Festivity of the pool | San Bartolomé .. This celebration is due to the excommunion of the aldeans before having a bath |
| September | 21. | Fiesta San Mateo | San Mateo .. Every sunday, there is a street market here, however in this day, the street market is an authentic fiesta. |
| October | 05. | Festivity | Valleseco .. |
| October | 07. | Fiesta
Virgen del Rosario |
Agüímes.. young people do "juego del palo" (fights with spears)- typical canary game |
| October | 24. | San Rafael | Santa Lucia .. Local festivity |
| November | 01. | Festivity of the Saints | all villages, mainly
Teror .. Canary music and dances are played- |
| December | 11. | Festivity of Santa Lucia | Santa Lucia .. Romería (pilgrimage) with Canary music and dances. Barbacues, laughts and fun. |
| December | 24. | Christmas night | all villages.. Canary Christmas are only |
| December | 31. | End of the year | Say bye to the old year . |
Maybe we will meet us in the next fiesta - ¡Hasta la proxima
Fiesta! |